My point is made pretty clear above, even one of the top casters got the new rules wrong

The problem is Phil, realisticly, there is about a dozen casters NZ wide who take casting seriously ( no dis-respect). There is allot of people out there who love to have a crack at it, to see how far they can cast and how they have improved and set personal goals. But for most thats just a case of taking the everyday fishing gear our for a bash, a thump or a crack off and see how well she flys. So realisticly, 80% of the casters at the nationals wont be using specialist gear.

Most fisherman use standard 6kg line. A good surfcasting line which has a mix of durability and last-ability is about .30mm. To ask a large percentage of casters who use that line, crash out 5 ounce sinkers, to change there line to .01mm thicker to be eligable it pushing the line of practicle.

I know there are rules that are different all around the world, but again, being realistic, we have few elite casters. This has been improving with the promotion of new competitions which is fantastic and great to see, but it covers a small percentage. I think Jocks leniency will be fantastic and allot of people will be wrapt with that solution.

I can see your point Phil in creating a equal playing field, but only the serious will be casting those odd ball weights. For the rest, shes all about having a jam at the worm fishing.